BPP to assess civil servants for promotion

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) will be involved in the assessment of civil servants in the next round of promotion examination and interview.

Speaking at the International Law Institute (ILI) and BPP workshop for procurement officers in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, who was represented by Dr. Hamidu Mohammed, said it was set for the next round of promotion examination and interview for civil servants.

He said there would be “no recruitment into the procurement cadre without input from the BPP.”

The bureau, he said, would provide the resources needed to prepare civil servants for promotion examination, as many civil servants, particularly those in procurement, are expected to keep abreast of the modern requirements of procurement.

Earlier, the Director-General of BPP, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, an engineer, had said that “public procurement reform is one sure way of triggering quality development. It is important to continuously develop our human capacity.”

According to him, the BPP has been having interactive sessions with different categories of government officials on aspects of the reform.

Ezeh said the bureau began with the permanent secretaries and moved to the chief executive officers in parastatals.

He said the bureau has interacted with about 600 senior government officials, “because as decision makers in the implementation of the budget, it is important we compare notes on the rules of best procurement practices.”